There was once a time in business when organizations were recognized by origin of country. The list of major organizations that were distinctly American was in the hundreds, perhaps thousands. Every home had Sears appliances, RCA televisions, GE light bulbs, and clothing for the family from JC Penney. The management style was written and practiced […]

Can you guess about the future of any organization by looking at the faces of few employees and observing them for some time? I guess that you can. Let me tell you how. Any organization that is heading towards worthwhile goals shows strong enthusiasm. The leader conveys the goals to the employees and the employees […]

Your job as a presentation designer is to make ideas into visual images. For your presentations to unambiguously require the least possible effort on the part of your audience to “get it”. The difference between a visual that works and one that fails is good design.
To appreciate of how good design adds to […]

Do you ever strum your fingers on the desk top as you look down at your work and think, ‘Right, how can I do all this lot without really working?’
Brought up in an era with a cliché that went: ‘You must work hard for a living’ my attitude to work conflicted with what I’d learned […]

Delegation — one of the critical determining factors for everyone who wants to be an effective leader or manager. And for those of us control freaks, lack of delegating skill can be a real show stopper.
Because the harder you try to hold on to things, the faster they can get away from you, and if […]

The advantages of Six Sigma do not exactly lie in huge cost benefits that can be realized by its implementation. The glaring examples of many corporations having saved billions of dollars are true benefits but the intangible results, such as having met the expectations of customers, and being able to improve employee relations are also […]

Intention to reach a goal or achieve a life-long dream rises above doubt and discouragement. Intention reflects an unstoppable resolve. It gives an energetic feeling that says, “This will be done, and I’m not going to quit!”
There is quite a difference between good intentions, or “well-meaning thoughts,” and intending resolutely to stick with a goal […]

If you gather 100 experienced leaders together to share with you their most important secrets for success, you probably wouldn’t hear a lot of academic theory or jargon. Instead, this is a good idea of what you’d hear:
1) Put ethics first. If you make unethical decisions for short-term gain, you will lose in […]